Today's News

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors voted, Monday night, to advertise a real estate tax rate of 53 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. This passed on a 4-3 vote after comments from the public and often passionate discussion by the supervisors. The 53 cent rate is an equalization rate, intended to bring in the same amount of revenue as the current 50 cent rate.

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors voted, Monday night, to advertise a real estate tax rate of 53 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. This passed on a 4-3 vote after comments from the public and often passionate discussion by the supervisors. The 53 cent rate is an equalization rate, intended to bring in the same amount of revenue as the current 50 cent rate.

In most places in Bedford, a gallon of regular gasoline cost $3.49 on Friday. And the rising prices haven’t gone unnoticed, by those purchasing gas for their vehicles or the stores selling the product to them.
For about a month the prices have been going up. Consumers and business owners have already seen it affect their lives and some speculators say prices could reach $5 a gallon this summer.

A stroll through the Liberty Minutemen dugout turns up a lot of familiar faces. In fact, the vast majority of players on Head Coach Stewart Grant’s roster have made significant marks in other sports: football, basketball, wrestling and golf.